One of the most ancient and useful activities routinely performed in Naumkeag centuries ago, was flint-knapping.

At last year’s Knap-In, I held a throwing stick like the one Native Americans used thousands of years ago. The stick was thin and light, notched at one end to hold the end of a small spear. W… ...

The earliest experiments were conducted to discover how to produce chipped stone tools using nonmetallic knapping tools. By 1880, the major perceived problems were solved: ancient stone tools were ...

And before art classes and clubs in schools disappear, too. Silt’s annual Chautauqua takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Silt Historical Park, 707 Orchard Ave. Demonstrations include flint ...

On Saturday, 16 modern humans learned just how difficult it was fashion the small and seemingly simplistic weapon tips using a method called flint-knapping.

PERRY -- The Aug. 13 Summer Saturdays Arts Series will be moved by the Sweet Sounds of Summer and the musicianship of singer-songwriter Warren Paul. Also on hand will be ...

GLADE SPRING, Va. — Jeff Payne is among a number of people across the country who want to keep alive the ancient art of flint knapping, which is making arrowheads and tools from natural objects ...

Stone suitable for flint knapping is fine-grained and isotropic, sharp, and characteristically prone to production failures in the hands of novicesThis poses significant problems for university ...

Earls started flint knapping about 10 years ago while living in Utah. From store to store, he would find knives with antler handles and obsidian blades, and thought "Who makes those?

ADDICTED TO FLINT KNAPPING Published 12:00 am Friday, January 11, 2002 ...

Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint ...

A small knapping scatter relating to the reshaping of a biface, preserving the imprint of an early human knee in the shards of waste flint, under excavation in 1989 ...